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Nicaragua’s shrewd power couple Managua, Nicaragua | AFP | Nicaragua’s first couple, President Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo, breezed through elections on Sunday that have extended their rule over one of the poorest countries in the Americas. Ortega, a former rebel who first took power after a Marxist …

Managua, Nicaragua | AFP | Nicaragua’s leftist President Daniel Ortega has won a third straight term, with his colorful wife Rosario Murillo as vice president, near-final results showed Monday, after an election condemned by the opposition and the United States. With 99.8 percent of ballots counted, the 70-year-old former Marxist …